Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-01-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
trrom our Regular corrcspondcnt.)

WASHINGTON, Jan IL, 1887.
During the past week there was q
creditable amount of legislation by
Congress and an unusual amount of
speech. making and debate. Several
regular appropriation bills were push
ed through the House, dozens of private
pension bills were pissed, among them
one giving Mrs Logan $4,000 year,
the Public Building bill came up for at
tenlion, and also that relating TO Re
organization of the Navy. In the city
treaty, and open sessions to the long
lingering question of Interstate Com.
mcrce, with its long haul short haul and
other prominent features.
The recent publication in New York
paper announcing that the Pacific Rail
road had been bribing Congressman in II
wholesale fashion, naturally attracted
some attention on Capitol Hill, and em
phatic denials were heard on every side,
Said one Member who had served in
the Forty Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and
Ninth Congress, there has been less lob
bying in the present Congress than in
any of the others, and il it should be
proven that any Member has accepted
bribes as claimed in that report, he
would, of course, be expelled.
The Presidents message to the Senate
on his reappoin,ment of Mr.. Matthews,
the colored Recorder of Deeds, from
Albany, has not had the effect he ex-
pected. Mr.. Cleveland did not think
the citizens of the District Of Columbia
would protest against the confirmation
of this appointee second time. But
they are more determined now that this
strangr shall not stay than they were at
first. Colored people, North and South,
without regard to politics, are working
in behalf of Matthews. Senators have
received appeals from colored societies
and prominent colored men. They
seem to have lost sight of political con-
siderations in the belief that the Senate
rejected Mr.. Matthews because of his
color.
be done in this Congress towards Rev
enue Reform, but it is quite certain that
the Republicans and the Randall men
are nearing ar agreement and maturing
a raid on the internal revenue, which
will probably be made this week.
Their aim will be to remove the tax on
tobacco, alcohol used in the arts, and
fruit brandies, whether any attempt be
made to alter the tariff or not.
The Democrats have repeatedly proven
that they can do nothing of themselves.
They lack both harmony and leader
ship. Said one of them yesterday, we
haven't time to fool awaw on tariff mat
tiers, reduction of revenue can wait,
Said another, few moments later, the
one thing that cannot wait is the reduc-
ton of the surplus by repeal of
tariff. Presidential aspirants like Car
Isle, Morrison, and Randall, have sacri-
feed opportunities for reducing taxa
ton, it would seem, to prevent the ele-
walton of one of themselves above the
other. They have certainly acted in
such way as to convince the people
that they will prevent any legislation
which they cannot have all their own
way.
With a resolution urging the repeal
of internal revenue taxation, strong res.
olutions in favor of the Blair Education
al bill have been introduced in the
North Carolina Legislature. The fact
seems to have been overlooked that if
the Blair bill is passed, there will be no
need to worry about the Treasury sur
plus. If Education, coast defense, the
new Navy, and other things were at
tended to on the liberal scale proposed,
reduction would follow expedltiously
without touching the whisky and to-
bacco tax.
1t looks as il there would be a tenn
rerance experiment in this city sooner
or later Great effort has been made tc
keep prohibition out of Washington
but it is thought useless to try much
longer. Congress dictates to the Dis
trict of Columbia, and the c days the pc
tition boxes of the Senate and House
are crowded with memorials on the sub
ject of temperance. And from the lit
tie canvassing that has been attempted
among members of both branches o
Congress, it is thought large majorit,
are now ready to vote in favor of strin
: gsnt prohibitory law for this littl
, square of the public domain.
6 The Washington Permanent Exposi
.;n 10, 1,n,
: Congressional committee, and the sub
: ject of Public Printer Benedi,t's cor
, firmation by the Senate is being agitate
by some members of the Typographici
Union. The Public Printer, under til
!, aci creating the position, must be
=. practical primer and binder, aud be abl
+, to demonstrate his fitness and capacit,
: This it is said the present incumher
{ cannot do, and if he cannnt he will nc
d get through the Senate, if vigorous pre-
q tests will do any good.
= Aag'omania has died out entirely
v Washington. The real Duke of Snutl
r erland spent all last week at one of I'll
e best hotels here, and nobody called
= see him, He WAS So certain that IL
social world of the Capital would Wal
!" TO lionize him by storm that he took IL
unnecessary prccauion of saying
i would decline to receive any cards. /
=, So the same nobleman who went to
;. wedding mt the house of Hon. Jol
If Bigelow, in New York, attired in rus
II checked morning suit under the imprc
il sion that 1T doesn't make any diiferen
- what one wears in America, you know
--s--as--.-
'r The Secretary Of 5 ale in his recent
'e port to the Governor OF Ohio speaking
y relation to the louseness of the manner
ID securing vital statistics, makes the star
Id lno announcement ,I,,t ,o,L.,, 49,, r,